New rules on exotic animals too costly, rescue says

3:07 AM,
Jan. 14, 2014

Damien Oxier, director of Arrowhead Reptile Rescue in Butler County, holds a 2- to 5-year-old American alligator given to him by an owner who could no longer care for it. Oxier says that under Ohio's new exotic animal law, he no longer can afford to run the nonprofit.